Third Mexican restaurant plans to set up in Exeter

EXETER — It appears another Mexican restaurant is coming to town. The new business will be at the former Friendly's site at 72 Portsmouth Ave.

Aaron Sanborn

EXETER — It appears another Mexican restaurant is coming to town. The new business will be at the former Friendly's site at 72 Portsmouth Ave.

"A permit was pulled to remodel the restaurant," said Town Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer Douglas Eastman. "It is to my understanding that it's going to be a Mexican restaurant." Eastman said he didn't know any other details about the eatery. The building permit was granted to Pedro Aguirre of Merrimack.

If the new restaurant is Mexican themed, it would mark the third such restaurant in a short distance on Portsmouth Avenue. Margaritas and Las Olas are in close proximity. Friendly's closed in January after it was unable to reach a lease agreement with the building's owner.

At the time of the Friendly's closure, a company spokesperson said that since entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2011, the company had been trying to work with its landlords to restructure lease arrangements at locations where they believed rents did not reflect current market conditions and were affecting the viability of underperforming restaurants.

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